A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

How did ancient extinction events contribute to global climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...